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Western Sahara Resource Watch

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We research and campaign the companies and governments that work for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara. www.wsrw.org

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the world's most militarised borders remains virtually invisible to the global community. #Morocco's 2,700km wall in #WesternSahara has spent decades fracturing #Saharawi families, disrupting traditional lifestyles, and creating severe ecological damage.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sharp analysis of how #Morocco sold out #Palestine to cement its illegal occupation of #WesternSahara. A must-read. countercurrents.org/2026/09/the-...
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The Moroccan Betrayal: How Rabat Sold Palestine to Buy the Sahara — and Planted an Israeli Base at Africa’s Door | Countercurrents
THE TRANSACTION History will remember December 10, 2020 as the day a king sold Palestine for a deed. Under the auspices of Donald Trump, Morocco formally normalized its relations with Israel…
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This UN vehicle was photographed in El Aaiún, occupied #WesternSahara. Ahead of the UN Secretary General's report, WSRW urges the UN: don’t let resource exploitation become irreversible - or decide the territory’s future before self-determination. wsrw.org/en/news/dont...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
❗On #WorldHumanitarianDay, @wfp.org warns funding gaps could break the food pipeline to #Saharawi refugees by September. They need immediate support - and a just solution respecting self-determination. 5 decades of exile is enough. #WesternSahara reliefweb.int/report/alger...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we honour support for the #Saharawi refugees. Yet, governments that fund aid to them often also support trade involving resources from occupied #WesternSahara. Humanitarian assistance should not go hand in hand with policies that sustain occupation. @wfp.org @unicef.org
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔴 Renewable energy should support a just transition - not entrench an occupation. Evidence suggests Morocco has completed Aftissat 3 & 4 in occupied #WesternSahara, expanding the wind complex to 550 MW. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/occu...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🔴 The Trump administration has become the first US government to finance a private-sector project in occupied #WesternSahara. #USTDA has awarded funding to the controversial #ORNX #greenammonia project, involving US, Spanish & German companies. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/trum...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🔴 Morocco has opened another 1,090 hectares of occupied #WesternSahara to agriculture through #Engie's desalination project. The expansion comes as the #EU seeks a new framework for trade with Morocco covering products from the occupied territory. wsrw.org/en/news/engi...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🔴 The law is settled, but the practice is not. While the adapted aviation deal continues to exclude #WesternSahara, several European airlines still operate there with the @ec.europa.eu taking no action. Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/euro... @europarl.europa.eu @ryanairofficial.bsky.social
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🔴 A trial is underway in #Denmark over the firebombing of Global Aktion, WSRW's long-time partner. Graffiti left at the scene pointed to the organisation's support for self-determination in #WesternSahara. Verdict expected at the end of June. wsrw.org/en/news/tria...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🔴 More than a decade of scrutiny is having an impact. The market for phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara has never been smaller. Read the latest P for Plunder report and see how the trade has changed over time. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/reco...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At its AGM, #Heidelberg Materials confirmed supplying #Morocco’s massive port projects in occupied #WesternSahara and increasing cement production in the territory in 2025. The company continues to dismiss the #Saharawi people’s right to consent. wsrw.org/en/news/heid...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Heidelberg Materials deepens its role in Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara
The German company confirms once again that its operations in occupied Western Sahara are closely tied to Morocco’s infrastructure expansion in the territory - while continuing to dismiss the Saharawi...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🔴 Morocco’s trade in occupied #WesternSahara’s phosphate rock is shrinking in buyers but growing in value. Our latest report shows #Morocco made around $376.5 million in 2025 from selling #Saharawi phosphate rock to just 3 international buyers. wsrw.org/en/news/reco...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🔴 This contrast is staggering. Morocco’s estimated phosphate revenues from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025: $376.5 million. UN humanitarian appeal for Saharawi refugees in 2025: $103.9 million. Read all about #Morocco's trade in #Saharawi white gold in our new report: wsrw.org/en/news/reco...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📢 Out now! Check the latest edition of P for Plunder, documenting the volumes, values and customers of #Morocco’s illegal trade in #phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/reco... #conflictminerals #BizHumanRights #ESG
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🔴 Occupied #WesternSahara: the illegal phosphate trade continues. So does our investigation. 📢 P for Plunder 2026 - coming soon!
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A #humanrights review of #NewZealand’s phosphate imports from occupied #WesternSahara sidelines core rights, overlooks legal context, and relies on “consultation” under occupation. That is not due diligence - it’s deflection. wsrw.org/en/news/tuha... #BusinessAndHumanRights
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨 No documents. No data. Opaque labelling. Serious legal concerns. Members of @europarl.europa.eu pushed back strongly on the @ec.europa.eu's handling of EU-Morocco trade covering #WesternSahara, in yesterday’s hearing in the Agriculture Committee. wsrw.org/en/news/meps...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | MEPs push back on Commission over Western Sahara in EU–Morocco trade
MEPs from across the political spectrum sharply criticised the European Commission over its handling of EU-Morocco trade relations covering occupied Western Sahara, raising concerns over legality, tra...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚨 Morocco has accorded land over which it has no tenable claim to gigantic #greenhydrogen projects. Companies like #ACCIONA, #Nordex, #Ortus & #ACWA are moving into occupied #WesternSahara - without consent of its people. #Greentransition doesn’t override international law. wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Morocco allocates land in occupied Western Sahara to green hydrogen investors
Morocco’s ambitions to become a global green hydrogen powerhouse are accelerating. Yet, Rabat is allocating land in a territory it does not legally own.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🔴 Four days after signing a #criticalminerals deal with Morocco that covers occupied #WesternSahara waters, the #USA hosted talks linked to #Morocco’s autonomy plan. In geopolitics, parallel tracks are rarely unrelated. 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/us-e...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🔴 Morocco has reserved land for #TAQA – @moeveglobal.bsky.social’s green hydrogen project in Dakhla, occupied #WesternSahara. But the land is not Morocco’s to give, and projects there require Saharawi consent. Climate branding cannot mask that reality. Details 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | TAQA-Moeve obtains land in occupied Western Sahara
Morocco’s push for green hydrogen has taken a decisive step forward - on territory it does not legally own.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The joint statement from last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks us to suspend disbelief: autonomy without consent is self-determination, and respect for law means ignoring the EU’s own court. #WesternSahara Here's why this matters. wsrw.org/en/news/eu-m... @ec.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | EU-Morocco Statement: autonomy without self-determination, law without lawfulness
A joint statement that came out of last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks readers to believe in a fiction: that an undefined autonomy plan imposed by an occupying power can satisfy the right ...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🔴 #Greenland yes, #WesternSahara no? As the #EU defends self-determination in the #Arctic, a test is unfolding in Brussels. Tomorrow, EU ambassadors discuss the EU position vis-à-vis Morocco. WSRW urges @consilium.europa.eu to follow the law - not geopolitics. wsrw.org/en/news/gree...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Greenland Yes, Western Sahara No? The EU’s self-determination test
As the European Union rightly rallies behind Greenlanders’ right to decide their own future in the face of external pressure, a test of the EU’s real commitment to self-determination is quietly unfold...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Research. Document. Holding power to account. And much of our work is volunteer driven. If you’re able to support independent research on #WesternSahara - through a monthly or one-off donation - it truly helps: wsrw.org/en/support-us Thank you for following & sharing. Happy holidays.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Moroccan companies in occupied #WesternSahara use foreign certification schemes to reach international markets. Check out our new report on controversial "responsibility" and "sustainability" labels. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨 SGS certified Moroccan firms in occupied #WesternSahara, falsely claiming fish came from the “Moroccan EEZ”. When exposed, SGS deflected responsibility. wsrw.org/en/news/cert...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
📢 OUT NOW! 🌍 New report: Greenwashing Occupation. Renewables cannot erase occupation. Today we publish the most comprehensive mapping of #Morocco’s energy projects in #WesternSahara - and the companies enabling them. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A win for accountability! 🎉 Congratulations to #ASC for taking a truly responsible stand in halting all certifications in occupied #WesternSahara. A major step for integrity in the sector. wsrw.org/en/news/asc-...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | ASC withdraws from occupied Western Sahara
Certification scheme ends involvement with Azura Group and declares that no future certifications will be granted to companies in the occupied territory.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Don’t be fooled by the #cleanenergy branding. #Morocco’s newly announced mega-corridor to move power out of occupied #WesternSahara deepens its infrastructural annexation. Companies should think twice before getting involved. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/moro... #climatejustice #justtransition
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Morocco plans another giant power line from occupied Western Sahara
Don’t be fooled by the clean-energy rhetoric on this new 1,000 km power line – this is about infrastructural annexation of occupied land.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
💔 Lost by ONE vote. @Europarl_EN has backed #Morocco’s push to twist #EU marketing standards - at the expense of EU law, consumers, and the people of #WesternSahara. Full story 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/parl...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Parliament greenlights Morocco’s labelling grab
EU lawmakers today had a golden opportunity to stand up for European consumers -  and chose not to take it, with a one (!) vote margin.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING: French farmers have stormed & blocked #Azura’s warehouse in Perpignan - the main #EU entry point for produce from occupied #WesternSahara - and have now launched legal action over alleged import-fraud. Growing pressure on the EU–Morocco deal. wsrw.org/en/news/farm...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Farmers block Azura warehouse in France and launch legal action
Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan. 
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🔴 Green hydrogen or #greenwashing? Swedish firm S2H2+Bm refuses to clarify the location of its planned investment: #Morocco or occupied #WesternSahara? wsrw.org/en/news/s2h2...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | S2H2+Bm silent on location of planned green hydrogen project
Swedish company S2H2+Bm Concept AB has so far refused to clarify whether its planned green hydrogen plant will be located in Morocco proper or in occupied Western Sahara.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚨 Unprecedented unity in @europarl.europa.eu #Agriculture Committee: every political group criticised the @ec.europa.eu's derogation allowing #Morocco to re-label produce from occupied #WesternSahara. EU law is clear - the origin must be Western Sahara. wsrw.org/en/news/comm...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Commission under fire for Western Sahara origin derogation
Representatives from all political groups in the European Parliament today grilled the European Commission over bending EU rules to appease Morocco with regard to labelling of products from occupied W...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
MEPs to grill @ec.europa.eu on its latest attempt to fold occupied #WesternSahara into the EU-Morocco trade framework. #Saharawi consent is still missing, and EU obligations are still being ignored. www.euractiv.com/news/meps-to...
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MEPs to grill European Commission over tweaks to EU-Morocco pact | Euractiv
The EU executive is pushing preferential tariffs and wants products to be labelled with Moroccan regional names rather than with ‘Western Sahara’
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The certification scheme #GlobalGAP that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about #EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/glob...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 Fake maps and origin claims - all wiped within 48 hours of our inquiry. Anima/Sofruce, the importer we exposed this week for mislabelling cherry tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, has been busily scrubbing its website. wsrw.org/en/news/reta...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Retail giant quietly deletes fake information
French agri-supplier Sofruce deleted false territorial claims and certificate references after scrutiny.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
What does #UNSC Resolution 2797 really mean for #WesternSahara? Hint: not what #Morocco’s PR machine claims. Self-determination remains the legal baseline - even as the Council's imbalance raises serious concerns. Our breakdown👇 wsrw.org/en/news/uns-...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | UN’s Western Sahara vote raises more questions than it answers
Behind the headlines and diplomatic spin suggesting that the Security Council is now siding with Morocco lies a more complex reality - one that hinges on the very right that Rabat has spent decades tr...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🚨 French supermarket sells #WesternSahara products labelled with #Morocco’s imposed administrative divisions - a confusion created by the @ec.europa.eu's rushed attempt to adapt EU rules to Morocco’s occupation. EU law still requires “Western Sahara”. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/eus-...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | EU’s labelling chaos already hitting supermarkets
A packet of cherry tomatoes sold this week in a French supermarket illustrates the confusion triggered by the European Commission’s rushed attempt to adapt EU consumer and trade rules to Morocco’s cla...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The certification system Marintrust greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied #WesternSahara - under false country of origin. wsrw.org/en/news/mari...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | MarinTrust certifies irresponsible fisheries in occupied waters
The certification system greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied Western Sahara - under false country of origin. 
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Wonderful & responsible decision by Uruguayan-Austrian certification company LSQA which abstains from further work for #GLOBALGAP in occupied #WesternSahara due to the occupation. wsrw.org/en/news/urug...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Uruguayan-Austrian certification firm withdraws from Western Sahara
The certification company LSQA has ceased all activity in Western Sahara, where it had previously certified Moroccan producers operating in the occupied territory. 
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
📌 New study shows the #EU’s legal ambiguity over occupied #WesternSahara is a “glaring source” of vulnerability for the #Saharawi people, as their rights continue to be ignored in EU‐Morocco agreements despite mounting legal precedents. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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EU ambiguity on Western Sahara frozen conflict is a “glaring source” of vulnerability for Sahrawis, study shows
The European Union’s legal ambiguity on the Western Sahara frozen conflict is an increasingly glaring source of vulnerability for Sahrawis, a new study shows. The lack of an EU firm position on the no...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Whatever happened to Enel’s Tiskrad wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara? Ten years on, the project’s gone silent - no updates, no mention in reports, and @EnelGroup won’t say why. wsrw.org/en/news/enel...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Enel dodges question on project in occupied territory
A decade after it was first announced, the fate of one of Enel’s wind farms in occupied Western Sahara remains uncertain.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Recommended read: "The upshot of the #EU’s policy in practice is to provide economic sustenance and symbolic legitimacy to a situation that is widely regarded as unlawful under international law: Morocco’s occupation of #WesternSahara." www.ejiltalk.org/how-not-to-t...
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How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements
On October 3 2025, the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment (‘the amendment’) to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement (‘the association agreement’). With the approval of the Council it is already being app...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A rare glimpse into how legal firms justify doing business in occupied #WesternSahara. Global Diligence’s recent seminar exposed the legal acrobatics used to defend work for the occupier - and our new article dismantles each claim, point by point. wsrw.org/en/news/glob...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | Global Diligence defends operations on occupied land
The legal advisory firm Global Diligence, which presents itself as expert on ‘heightened due diligence’, misrepresents international law in occupied Western Sahara.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔴“Totally unacceptable.” MEPs slam @ec.europa.eu for bypassing @europarl.europa.eu to push a new EU-Morocco deal that covers occupied #WesternSahara - ignoring CJEU rulings and democratic scrutiny. Read MEPs' reactions here! 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/meps...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass
In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in viola...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🇪🇺 Spain’s fruit and vegetable exporter federation FEPEX is urging the @europarl.europa.eu to reject the new EU–Morocco trade deal covering #WesternSahara, saying it breaches two CJEU rulings and harms EU producers. www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/fe...
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Fepex sounds warning over new EU agreement with Morocco
Federation says it will cause a sharp increase in fruit and vegetable exports from the North African country
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bravo! MEPs urge ‪EU Parliament President Metsola to rebuke @ec.europa.eu for: 1️⃣ Pushing a Morocco deal before Parliament's consent 2️⃣ Ignoring ECJ rulings 3️⃣ Rewarding Morocco’s illegal occupation of #WesternSahara The EU can’t defend #RuleOfLaw while breaking it. enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/meps...
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MEPs urge European Parliament President to act on controversial trade agreement with Morocco - Enhedslisten.EU
MEP Per Clausen has taken the initiative to a cross-party letter that asks the EP's President to act on the trade agreement with Morocco.
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🎬 This powerful documentary by Cogito on #WesternSahara goes well beyond the headlines, including on the role of the territory's resources in the conflict, the EU’s complicity and the legal reality that it is not Moroccan territory. A must watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2h...
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Western Sahara "The Worst Police State I've Ever Seen"
YouTube video by Cogito
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🔴 The @ec.europa.eu is railroading a new Morocco trade deal that betrays democracy, farmers and the Saharawis' right to self-determination. With @confpaysanne.bsky.social, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to stop it - for Europe, Morocco & #WesternSahara. www.confederationpaysanne.fr/actu.php?id=...
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Accord UE-Maroc : la Commission européenne s'obstine dans la voie du libre-échange
La Commission européenne a officialisé ce 6 octobre, aux forceps, la conclusion d'un nouvel accord UE-Maroc. Il y a un an, la CJUE nous a donné raison, suite à notre action en justice en déclarant ill...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨 EU set to adopt a #Morocco trade deal for occupied #WesternSahara before the weekend. Yet the text is still not public - unlike other sensitive files (e.g. suspended #Israel trade concessions were published next day). Democracy? Transparency? Missing. wsrw.org/en/news/eu-p...
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Western Sahara Resource Watch | EU pushes secretive Morocco trade deal covering Western Sahara
As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels.
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